BABYLON - PASSAPAROLA   10 + 1 = 3

SATURDAY, JUNE 24TH  18:00 - 24:00

STUDIO PESCARELLA, INTERNATIONAL SCULPTURE STUDIO

via Pescarella 22, interno   55040 Vallecchia, Pietrasanta (LU)

SCULPTURE  EXHIBITION  FEATURING  THE  ARTISTS  OF  STUDIO  PESCARELLA:

•Jaya Schuerch ( Svizzera / USA )

• Neal Barab ( USA )

• Barbara Hodgkins ( USA )

• Naoco Kumasaka ( Giappone )

• Sauro Lorenzoni ( Italia )

• Christine Madies ( Francia )

• Eric Richard ( Francia )

• Lotte Thuenker ( Germania )

• Freya Lorenz ( Germania )

• Kang Seok-Won ( Korea )

GUEST INSTALLATION BY EBI DE BOER

THEME: BABYLON-PASSAPAROLA

The theme of this years exhibition is BABYLON - PASSAPAROLA, which fits perfectly in a working space where the

inhabitants come from 8 countries and there is no common language in which everyone is fluent.

The common understanding comes through our material expression: STONE

The creatively chaotic working spaces of an internationally known marble sculpture studio are transformed into a

clean coherent exhibition space, highlighting the work of these 10 sculptors.

BABYLON - PASSAPAROLA, an installation presented by guest artist Ebi de Boer, features a visual and physical

representation of the difficulty and challenge of understanding within a multitude of languages and cultures.

Beginning as the word game Passaparola, the artists started with two words describing positive and negative

aspects of creative work. Each artist attempted to explain their idea to another artist from a different country.

This artist wrote the understood ( or misunderstood ) word, which was then passed to another artist.

At the end the word returned to the original artist, and we were left with a list of words in seven languages,

all trying to describe the original.

Ebi de Boer then fashioned an installation, visually portraying the chaos and understanding experienced.

Each word is written on clear nylon banners, followed by the perceived word in a different language.

They flutter in the wind above the viewer, connecting the various cultures, uniting in imperfect understanding.

The words fly through the wind, buffeted by air, diffused by light.

Such is our condition as humanity. On a large scale between countries, religions, ethic groups. A smaller scale

in our studio of ten artists from seven countries, 3 continents, 2 sexes and spanning nearly 8 decades.

At times there is around us the great noise of work, machines, hammers, vehicles, steel crashing into stone,

shouting. We work amidst the cacophony, sometimes achieving an inner silence, an immersion in our creative

work, and of a quiet tolerance and understanding of our neighbors.

IN COLLABORATION WITH GALLERIA SUSANNA ORLANDO    FORTE DEI MARMI - PIETRASANTA   TEL 0584 - 83163